Do Nurses even Advocate for themselves?

Or is it just a job and no Advocates needed?

When nursing is just a job, just a way to pay the bills, or get that new toy, with NO real calling to care for patients; a disservice is done not only to your profession but to those you have sworn to keep alive and comfort.

It is a CARING PROFESSION and when treated as just a job, the true meaning of being a NURSE is lost.

If it is just a JOB, You are in the wrong profession.

Now, often those that treat it so are the first to WHINE about poor staffing and the often difficult situations we walk into on a daily basis. But, they will never get involved to protect themselves and make for better workforce conditions. They are probably the ones who also seem to be less available when help is needed.

In this so simple and easy POINT and CLICK world, getting involved has never been made easier.

Being involved can improve the situations we walk into every day. Safe staffing and safe lifting bills sit on the books of many State Houses of government, waiting for those it affects to CARE and be a part of the process. They can Never become LAWS without support.

Every day, every decision we make can affect the lives and deaths of our patients. We need to have the same care for making our profession everything we want it to be when just doing the job is not making it better.

If you can't take the few minutes it takes to care for your profession, Don't whine about what you Don't care enough to change. Just keep taking it and Shut Up, Keep being the SHEEP most managers want.